Independent Money Chick Mission

My dream is to help as many women as I can feel empowered with money and their life. For them to build their net worth and be able make decisions from a stable financial position rather than a place of fear. To educate them about money and the financial and emotional peace it can bring to your life.

Independent Money Chick Core Beliefs

Money (or lack of) should never make you feel trapped. Money should never affect your ability to make the decisions you need to make. I’m not talking about living in a villa in France, I’m talking about the ability to make a decision to remove yourself from a situation that is not working for you. Money helps you make the right decision for YOU. Lack of money can sometimes postpone those decisions because you don’t feel it’s possible. You never want money to get in the way of the best decisions for you and your life.

Money is a tool, its energy, it flows, its comes in and goes out again. How that happens is totally up to you. If you let it, it will develop its own flow based on how you use your energy. Think about it, if you watch TV, instead of investing in some new learning to increase your salary, you are stopping the income flow. Or if you use your emotional energy about being lonely by shopping for useless stuff your encouraging the money to flow away from you based on where your energy is being utilised.

You should understand exactly what your money gets allocated to. EFTPOS, Credit cards make it easy to seem like we have all the money in the world. Another round of cocktails Jenny? Hell yes, let’s do it!!! Credit must be paid back people, it’s not your money. Perhaps you don’t ever seem to have enough to take a holiday? If you were to look at where your money goes you might discover that your spending on fav shop Country Road is enough to buy shares in them! But alas you’re just stuck with last years’ fashion, destined for the op shop soon….when you could have been sunning yourself in Fiji.

You should always be making money regardless of your situation. Whether that’s a part time, full time or casual job of some sorts or simply some contracting every now and again, you always need to be making money. The ability to make money is heavily linked to self worth. If we can’t make money and provide for ourselves or others we don’t feel like we’re contributing….

Money does not fix emotions, self reflection and hard work does that. Money does not buy love. A shopping spree every Saturday which might bring an initial high does not fix the fact that you are lonely and want more out of your life, but aren’t sure how to get it.

You should always have a buffer of funds for a rainy day. Because that rain just appears out of nowhere. And it pours!!!!! With every raindrop more stress enters your body, whereas those that have a buffer of funds for those emergencies that life tends to deliver, don’t stress as they know its covered. Wouldn’t you like to feel no stress when your car broke down or your fridge blew up? Or you lost your job? Exactly, that’s a no brainer.

You should always be saving for the future, even if that amount is tiny right now. Savings accumulate even if it’s just $5 a week. The joy that you feel watching your savings balance rise getting closer to your goal is like caffeine, it fires you up. And reaching that goal is oh so sweet.

You should have a financial plan. In fact, you should have a life plan! What does your life look like? What do you want to achieve? And what does that cost? Wealth doesn’t just happen, you have to work towards it. And lets face it, kids cost a lot of money. If you don’t plan for that cost you’re screwed.

You should be thrifty in your spending, but never let thriftiness get in the way of the value of your time. Time is worth money, so if it’s going to take a 2 hour trip to save $30, don’t do it, it’s not worth it. And you don’t have to own the designer piece of furniture when there is a perfectly good knock off available at half the price. Seriously, why would you? No point keeping up with the Joneses, because they end up bankrupt….seriously, they do. Spend your money wisely so that you can have the future life you want. You either spend so it’s the life you want, or you spend and get a life that falls short of what you want. P.S Kmart and Target have awesome homewares #justsayin.

Have more than one source of income otherwise you have all your eggs in one basket and someone could just sit on that sucker and they’re all broken. This is the case for most of us, relying on a job income for your life. And for most, that’s what we know. But relying on just that one source of income is risky. If you get fired, laid off, become sick etc your income source is gone. If you can create other sources of income you are diversifying your risk if something does happen.

Spread your investments amongst many things, reduce the risk for your future life. Investing in just one area, or product type can also be risky, what if something happens to that investment vehicle? Try to spread your investments over many areas or product types.

Invest in yourself. It’s like interest, your knowledge (and subsequent actions) accumulate to delivering a higher return on investment. This is the best investment you can make. If you invest in knowledge or skills you increase your earning capacity, whether that be in your chosen field or you now know how to build a side business. You are in control of your own destiny, so what you invest in for you has a direct impact on what your life can look like.

Have a cashflow, yep it’s incredibly boring, but you need a guide, otherwise you get caught in the consumerism hype. Even I hate cashflows, but they help you figure out if you can actually afford the life you’ve created now and how you can afford your life in the future. Being able to afford your life, is step 1 in being a grown up. When it comes to finances and affording ones’ life, there are lots of really old kids in this world, don’t be one of them, do a cashflow. It will be a great guide for you.

Check your habits, they’re probably costing you your future life. Habits can be expensive, perhaps it’s alcohol, cigarettes, dining out or a gym membership you’re not using (we’ve all been there). I’m not saying don’t have fun, have heaps of fun!! But when you track where your money is going it can be really enlightening to see that a habit you have cost the same as the holiday you wanted to take or the house reno you wanted to do. Check your habits, they may just be interfering with the life you really want.

Always know your money situation even if you’re in a relationship. Relationships can feel oh so comfortable and perhaps you let your partner manage the finances, because he/she is better at it. Stop! You need to understand your finances too. No one person in a relationship should control the finances. Always be aware of where your financial situation is at, at all times.

Have your own savings always, even if in a relationship. You never know what you might want to do that doesn’t fit into your relationship goals. Savings for you, just for you, for you to use however you want. Self-preservation, right there.

Always have control of some money. Always. Never be trapped that you can’t access any money. Always have your own access to cash, online banking, signature on an account. Never ever let your partner control all access to funds. Full control over money can lead some people to use this as a power play. Do not ever get yourself in this situation. Control over some money is also a determinant of self worth.

The greater your understanding and management of money, the higher your self-confidence will be. Understanding money can be scary, but the confidence you feel within yourself once you have a handle on it and understand how to manage it ultimately leads to management of your current and future life. And with that self confidence you can achieve what you want.

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WHY INDEPENDENT MONEY CHICK?

I don’t want others to feel trapped like I was, or if they do, discover tools and knowledge as to how they can make that power shift and restore self worth, and live life like they want to.

I’m not a financial advisor, but I am an accountant. I’ve advised businesses for years. And my approach to money is simple. Treat it like a business. The purpose of a business is to make a profit and create a saleable asset. If we apply that to our personal money, our profit is our savings. Our saleable asset is ourself and how much money we can generate using our skills and knowledge. Our balance sheet is our statement of wealth, how we are investing the savings.

What underpins a successful business? Measurement, and management of the numbers. Exactly what we need to do as individuals to gain financial independence.

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